Vehicle-axle.



PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

E. D. BRANCH. VEHIGLE AXLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a. 1906.

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VEHICLE-AXLE...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16,1907.

Application filed September 8,1906. Serial-No. 333,830.

and durable ll] eonstriu-uon, which. eombines in a composite structur v UN" desirahle.

qualities of wood and metal"; and which may be inan'ula-cturei'l at a eonumratively low cost.

In the accompanying drawings, ligure 1 IS a top plan view ot a port-1011 oi ihe frame of a.

vehicle running-gear eii uipped. with my im- 2 1s a front. elevation of proved axle. Fig.

is a. section on hue 3 it of the same. Fig. 3 Fig. 1. I I

eferrmg to the drawings. 1 designates theaxle, which in. accordance with. m y invention is composed otiwo or more sections of wood conneetial and reinforced by a. central longitudinal metallic core. As shown in the n n l present 1nstance,the axle is composed oi: top

and are formed with grooves or recesses l for the reception 01' a metallic core is provided with a plurality of longitudimi-l flanges 6 equal in number to and fitting within said grooves to hold the I securely connected and to strengthen them to resist the strains to which an axleis ordinarily subjected. The core disclosed in the present instance is of cruciform shape, its

es being so arranged as to rcdniorce the and. 3. the meeting 5. which parts 2- and 3- .of the metallic cores. more of simple construction and may he wool ten set-t in wooden hub-sections against both transverse f and vertical strain. In addition to the .core

which closely tits within and interlocks with the grooves any suitable means may be employed for securely fastening or unlt-ing the parts.

The ends of the land oi'the. axle proper are suitably reduced to provide spindle-seetious 7 which are tapered in the usual manner, and the ends of the core extend through said. spindle-seelions and are provided with. In'ojee'L-in serew-stems'S, adapted to receive nuts 9, which hold the skeins oi the axles in position. These spindle sections are in l l er 'lforiiifio receive sheins ol" the usual form and ((HlStl'llt'iiUll.

it will thus he seen that the invent ion provides an axle which is light in weight, owing to the leeithat. the lTOQlY-SOPl'lOllS are made of wood, and which is also oi" greatstrength. owing to the peculiar form and arrangement.

Theaxle is furtherlnanul'mr-turei at a eoiuparaiively lowcost.

l laving thus deserihed the invention. what. is elain'ied as new is 1. An axle comprising opposing body-seetions, the meeting faces oi sulil sections being formed with grooves. and. amemllic core of cruciform shape having its flanges projecting into said groove-.4.

2. An axle *omprising ampsa-nd bottom l he sect-ions being formed. with grooves. and a. metallic core oi ('l'lK'ilOlll'l shape having its flanges projecting into said, grooves.

meeting faces of said in iestnuonv whereof I all'n; my ignature in presence of two witnesses.

ELZA l). BRANCH.

it nesses:

W. H. (.lsnonxn, A. R. Joxns. 

